9000 international runs, Harmanpreet’s great record, reached Mithali-Mandhana’s club.
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Harmanpreet Kaur 9000 international runs: On the first day of Lord’s Test, Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur created history by playing a brilliant inning of 58 runs against England. During this, she completed her 9000 runs in international cricket and became the third Indian female cricketer to achieve this feat after Mithali Raj and Smriti Mandhana. Harmanpreet, who played the most matches in the world, put India in a strong position by making an important partnership of 89 runs for the fourth wicket with vice-captain Mandhana (83 runs).
Harmanpreet Kaur became the third Indian woman cricketer to score 9000 runs in international cricket.
New Delhi. The only Test match between the women’s teams of India and England started at the historic Lord’s ground in London. The very first day of this match proved to be very special and historic for Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur. This 37-year-old batsman, who hails from Moga, Punjab, not only managed the team with her captaincy and batting, but also achieved such a position in international cricket, which every cricketer dreams of touching.
On the first day of the match, captain Harmanpreet Kaur came to bat at number 5 for the Indian team after winning the toss and came to bat first. Presenting a unique blend of his well-known aggressive style and intelligence, he played a fighting and brilliant half-century of 58 runs in 121 balls. During this innings, Harmanpreet hit seven brilliant fours.
Harmanpreet Kaur became the third Indian woman cricketer to score 9000 runs in international cricket.
When the Indian team looked to be in trouble, the captain along with vice-captain Smriti Mandhana took charge. Both the experienced batsmen made a valuable partnership of 89 runs in 155 balls for the fourth wicket. Mandhana also showed excellent performance from the other end and played a brilliant inning of 83 runs in 108 balls. On the basis of this partnership of these two, the Indian team put pressure on the England bowlers on the very first day of the match.
Magic figure of 9000 runs touched
Before this match, Harmanpreet Kaur, one of the all-time great players of world women’s cricket, needed only 13 runs to complete 9000 international runs in her career. As soon as he took his 13th run on the fifth ball of the 24th over of the match, the Lord’s ground echoed with thunderous applause. During her innings of 58 runs, Harmanpreet achieved the distinction of completing 9000 runs in the history of women’s cricket.
Third Indian to join this club
Harmanpreet Kaur, who started her international career with an ODI match against Pakistan in Bowl on March 7 in 2009, became the third Indian female cricketer to achieve this feat. Before her, only former great Indian captain Mithali Raj and current vice-captain Smriti Mandhana could cross this magical figure.
The record for most runs in the history of women’s cricket is in the name of former Indian captain Mithali Raj, who played a total of 333 international matches across all three formats in her illustrious career before retiring in the year 2022 and scored 10,868 runs. At the same time, left-handed artistic batsman Smriti Mandhana, resident of Maharashtra, is at second place in this list. So far 10,667 runs have been registered in Mandhana’s account. This test at Lord’s is also very special for Mandhana because she is playing her 300th international match for India.
Harmanpreet’s journey in all three formats of cricket
Harmanpreet Kaur is the most experienced player in the world and has played the most international matches in the history of women’s cricket. Talking about his amazing career statistics, he has performed brilliantly in the 164 ODI matches played so far and has scored a total of 4541 runs. At the same time, his coin works well in quick cricket i.e. T20 International format, where he has scored 4216 runs in 202 matches on the basis of his explosive batting. If we talk about Test cricket, then in this red ball game, Harmanpreet has so far batted in 12 innings of 8 matches, in which a total of 288 runs have been recorded in his name.
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